amateur de vin: a lover of wine

As the title of this post may imply, I received the results of the MW exam back in September and things did not go as I would have liked....

Well, now that I have had a little over a week to process, I am finally ready to revisit and share my MW exam experience. First, a...

While most of the time I enjoy living alone (everything is exactly the way I want it, my home is lovely and to my taste, and if there's a...

Last month saw me travelling to Napa for the annual residential seminar. Some of you may remember my discussion of this last year, but to...

Well, the last several months have gone by in an absolute blur. The fall is always my busiest time at work, thanks to the gorgeous...

Well, the big news around here is that I have successfully completed Stage 1 of the Master of Wine program! I got the email earlier this...

The Master of Wine Stage 1 assessment is less than six weeks to go, so I thought I'd give some insight on how I'm preparing. As a...

I attended the Master of Wine Stage 1 residential seminar waaaaay back in early February -- already seems like a lifetime ago. This...

Early December saw me back in Napa for the first Master of Wine course days. The course days are two days of lectures, study tips, and...

Last week I received an email I’d been waiting for all summer – I was accepted to the Master of Wine study programme! Even now, after...

On April 11 I had the thrill of attending the 2022 WSET Graduation and Awards Ceremony in London. This was a bit of a journey, with the...

As the day my fate is decided looms ever nearer (the most dramatic way possible of saying, I'm desperate for my WSET exam results!), I...

Welcome to a new (semi) regular series, Reading Between the Wines, in which I review a book and suggest a wine pairing (it is a tough job...